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At the table is Wanda Höfner (Walter Höfner's wife) with, presumably, a customer.

Today we don't know if anyone paid any attention to the new little bass.

Current models include the H500/1-61 ("Cavern" model), H500/1-62 ("Liverpool" model), H500/1-64, and a fretted and fretless 5000/1 Deluxe.

Most models are available in both righty and lefty versions.

Their Gold-Label designation is reserved for the cream of the crop and limited run pieces that really are the best examples of the brand.

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It seems that Walter's intention was to produce a bass guitar that would be appealing to players of the upright bass (double bass) who no longer wanted to carry such a big heavy instrument around to play in beat and jazz groups.

He also designed the bass so that the construction method would be familiar to the workers at Höfner who had been making violins for decades.

This tradition is carried forward today with their line of CT Verythin guitars.

Perhaps they did as an electric bass guitar was, in 1956, quite a new thing!

From its birth in 1956 the 500/1 Violin Bass has undergone many changes.

As it was a prototype it has a little more play than the typical b-stock so there are some finish blems on it from being handled.

Hard shell case and 2 year Hofner factory warranty. It's an opaque orange that will surely be noticed from across the room.

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